Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Hooray! The long awaited Print & Pattern book has finally made it's way to me.... and, it doesn't disappoint. Beautifully put together and full of fun patterns and designs - it's a lot to take in in one go. It's a fine addition to my inspiration library.

A lot of people whose work I admire are in this book and it's such an honour to be a part of it:)

Monday, March 29, 2010

Sometimes, simultaneously, two ideas pop into my head and they both want to be brought into life at the same time. So... I put the two together... and than, put the two apart (which resulted in 3 patterns). The abstract shapes serve as good visuals for kid-imagination... and the animals... well, they are kids.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I love spring... because after spring comes summer... well, and because the flowers and the birds really help to 'shoosh' away the blues:) There's a lot of grey and brown outside my window today, so I added it in. And the yellow... that's so more sunshine comes my way. Some sacrifice goats to please the weather maker... I make patterns:)

Monday, March 22, 2010

Last week was full of action... chores... kids (who were on their march break - no school for a week) , taxes, failed watercolors... more chores... etc., Not enough peaceful time to gather my thoughts and blog. Well... this is a whole new week - and I'm super exited to find myself alone with my computer:) My new computer - may I add:) Yes, Mama got herself the 27 inch iMac and is very happy about it!

Friday, March 12, 2010

I'm not against understated... or neutral... or monotone... or even muted and calm, but these do not cure boredom or yell at your retinas... and that's why the new patter is so loud... so bright... so SPRING!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Today is dedicate at large to the administrative work I dread so so much (but it needs to be done and gone). The silver lining, however, is that I decided to read 'Desing as Art' book by Bruno Munari (in between all the boring monotonous paper organizing).

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

For me, any winter is a long winter... (although, this winter was pretty mild by Canadian standards). I start waiting for spring in the autumn and I don't stop until mid April ('cause that's how long it takes for it to get itself together and grace this frozen land with its presence). But, this year seems to be a little different. We just stepped into March - and... boom! - 3 days of sunny spring like weather!